Even today, certain dishes on the menu-like the Devilled Crab, Chicken ala Kiev and Chicken Tetrazzini-are marked with an “H” for “Heritage”, which signifies that they have been on the menu since 1956. Antonio Prandhe-the chef who originally led the restaurant-was Italian and created a menu with several Italian and European dishes like Sicilian chicken, lasagne, spaghetti with meatballs, cannelloni and vegetable au gratin. With bright lights, live music and a glass dance floor, the establishment was a stand-out for its times and was known to be exclusive-a dinner jacket was mandatory for gents. Kothari, Mocambo is considered to be one of India’s first nightclubs. (Wryly, Jagger introduces it “a little-known number we hope to make popular,” which was wishful thinking.) Most of these songs, especially the Black and Blue ones, wouldn’t be played again onstage for over 20 years, which adds another level of historical interest to these tapes.This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.įounded in 1956 by Shivji V. Say what one will about their proto-gangsta, killer-on-the-run saga “Hand of Fate” or the uncomfortably hostile “Crazy Mama.” But the band plays them with deliciously desperate energy, and they overhaul It’s Only Rock’n Roll‘s ersatz-reggae “Luxury” into a more typical swaggering stomp. A few hits from the Sixties are here, but the focus is on their last few albums up to that point. That telling omission aside, what’s most fascinating about Live at the El Mocambo is the way it presents the Stones not as a nascent oldies act but as a working, actively creative band.
Perhaps, as with the way the band excised “Brown Sugar” from its recent set list, someone thought those jokes were a tad … insensitive in 2022? On Love You Live, Jagger was heard introducing the band by way of wisecracks about their sexual proclivities: “Billy is open for offers,” “Charlie Watts is sort of a maybe,” “Bill Wyman just wants to take photographs of girls’ legs,” and “Ronnie Wood’s gay.” Those remarks are completely MIA on Live at the El Mocambo. Live at the El Mocambo restores them to their untouched state–while also erasing a bit of dubious history. The four El Mocambo songs tucked into Love You Live weren’t pure the band overdubbed new parts onto some of them. The El Mocambo tracks, pushed on by a clearly audible and enthralled small audience, presented them as a band that wanted to re-connect with those fans and stay relevant, just as punk rock was rearing its spiky head. The distant crowd roar heard throughout most of Love You Live was a metaphor for how removed the Stones had become from the average rock fan, not to mention most mundane household chores. With Mick Jagger unleashing a new style of growl, their crackling covers of Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley and Willie Dixon songs paid strutting homage to their heroes, and the recordings were so visceral that you felt as if you were in the first few rows of the 300-seat club. Ostionera Mocambo trae al Valle de Texas el mejor sabor de los mariscos mexicanos. And judging from the small portion of the two El Mocambo shows heard on Love You Live, they stepped up to the job. 1,743 likes 18 talking about this 1,390 were here. Playing in front of a few hundred people, and unable to hide behind props like the giant inflatable penis of the 1975 shows, the Stones had to focus on music, not spectacle. But tucked away (on side three) were four songs cut at Toronto’s tiny El Mocambo club in March 1977, when the Stones played a surprise set billed as “The Cockroaches.” For 45 years, the Rolling Stones’ Love You Live has been one of rock’s greatest teases. About 75 percent of the double LP was recorded in arenas and stadiums during the band’s 1976 tour, and presented competent but rarely exhilarating or necessary renditions of concert warhorses and deep cuts.
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